Kaidomain ?? Whats going on ..

Many thanks for the information agenthex.

I can likewise say the same about the KD module. Their interface makes search impossible to do. :( Let me know if it's good since I might buy one, too.

I have no self-discipline, I just got the LC-Yellow.

As adverticed very warm white (yellowish), just like an incan bulb. To get rid of the SOS

i imidiately swopped the 5 mode driver for a 3 mode I had. Now its 8.4 volt max.

If you need the color of the light (I do sometimes) this one is recommended. Cheap

but not the brightest led in the World, as its only a Q3. Original only 4.2 volt max.

Here is the difference between the Warm White P60 Q3 and the Q5 in a Romisen G2 II Q5.

The P60 to the left.

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/5797/ledcolor.jpg

Seems like warm instead of neutral 5A?

I also figured out what SF meant by "p38b": P3-8B. I hope it's not that warm, and more like 4000K as they also claimed. Well, we'll see.

Yes its very "warm", but a good thing is that it shows colors better than the

ultra white led´s you find in many lights now.

Looking forward to see how your the solarforce is comparing.

Btw, do you remember if the default driver had correct memory for modes or how did it work in general?

So true agenthex, sigline. I just wonder, isn't 8B like 2800K? If it is all that warm, please give us your opinion on how it works and looks outdoors etc.

I've been waiting 3 weeks for my KD order to be mailed, and over 1.5 months for my DX order to be mailed. Not happeh.

I only tried it a few times to see if it worked, than I swopped it with the 3 mode driver. But it worked

fine then. I did not look to much into memory, so I dont remember.

I noticed another strange thing in KD.

There is a "ask a question" form in "my account" which i have used before. Its still there but the "submit" button is missing...

juhi81
press F11 key to get your browser at full screen mode
(with whatever browser you’re using).
if you’re using Firefox with stylish extension
you can also add new style for kd with something like:
.
.
@namespace url(XHTML namespace);
@-moz-document domain(“kaidomain.com”) {
.btn{position:absolute; left:50px; top:325px;}}
.
.
they positioned the button very low, and it doesn’t look
like an innocent mistake (for me at least)

That had me stumped too. The solution was to adjust the text zoom to make the font smaller, as the button was covered by another part of the page. KD’s website really, really sucks.

Just got the LC-yellow. It's similar but slightly better than the DX neutral. It's about 4000K as they said, but NOT a p3-8b. Draw is 1.1A instead 0.6A of DX one, so it's brighter, but slightly warmer (DX is maybe 4500K).

The driver's also different. DX maintains constant current at 0.6A, so with two batteries, it's about as bright as SF, whereas the SF ramps to about that on 2 cells. However the DX maintains its brightness better as 1 cell goes down. On the LC-Yellow, when the cell is at 3.8v, the draw is only .45A

So there you have it. Perhaps a bit better on 1 cells, tint is close enough, but not a huge win. Worth the price.

Howdy Ya'll. First post so please be gentle...Wink

I've browsed and searched quite a bit, but can not find any truly high praise for the vendor "KD"

I am a bit concerned as to their legitamacy, as I placed an order with them on 10/11/2010 and have a PayPal reciept,

but no contact from them. No conformation of order placed, no packing and shipped date, etc...

So, please tell me that I didn't send my wife'sTongue out hard earned $$$ into the great "abyss".

Any encouragement, or "education" that ya'll can provide a newb is greatly appreciated.

T_F

AKA- Eric

Welcome to BLF Eric!

As far as I my experience with free shipping Hong Kong dealers goes, you have to wait at least 3 weeks for your package. It's the standard Kaidomain/DealExtreme free shipping time. For the status of your order, just log in to Kaidomain, Go to "My account", and them press the "recent orders" link. It should send you to a page that shows your order status.

Snail mail....

Aloha and welcome to BLF Eric!

Hi Eric, if you ordered without creating an account, you will probably not receive a confirmation. A friend of mine had ordered without logging in before and he also had absolutly no reaction from KD. Sadly those orders are not shown by KD system ATM. However 3-4 weeks later the shipment arrived magically.

Had the same problem and wrote to KD a few days later. They answered within 12 hours!!!!! They have improved on that point.

Here is what I got:

"Your order number is xxxxxxxxx. It was shipped last Saturday.
Orders typically deliver within 2~4 weeks from shipment.
Please note to login your KD account before you checkout next time, so you can track your order status in your account.
I'm afraid this order can't be seem in your account if you didn't login.
But still, we are taking care of it. Don't worry."
So one better login next time before making orders.
One other thing. The item above was shipped allready when I contacted them. They are speeding up on that too

Thanks ya'll for the warm welcome.

Maybe I "jumped the gun" a bit, but having dealt with overseas vendors in the past, I am still a bit skeptical.

Had a bad experience with another popular vedor, D.... , and I'm truly a bit "skiddish" but will give it until 40 days with PayPal before filing a dispute. I do realize that it takes quite a bit of "mail time" for a product to reach the U.S. from overseas,

however, the "shipping time", in my sole and uneducated opinion, should not excede 3 working days.

Sorry if I'm a bit of a "prude", but customer service is, what I percieve, to be the heart of an on-line business.

So, to expound upon my newbie status, I'll let ya'll know what I had in mind, and had ordered:

First, was a Solarforce L2 body from ITC.

Next was an R2 Dropin, an XP-E dropin,

a smooth refletor for a P-60 drop-in

and an Aspheric lens,

along with an assortment of O-rings and tail swithches.

I kinda felt the need to give the "basic modding" thing a go as I'm still a serious newb when it comes to LED lights.

I am after a bit more throw than my Solarforce L2 with XP-G drop-in, and felt that I might gain a bit from the combo that I had ordered, albeit, a newb's "experiment".

So there you have it. My admission of being a true "newb" , yet one that has spent time searching multiple forums,

so please, be gentle. I bruise easily.

Thanks for the wealth of knowledge, and I hope to be of value at some point.

Eric

Eric
I had several orders with KD and I'm very satisfied so far. I had also an issue with a DOA Item, which was solved to my satifaction too. It's true, they miss some things on the communication side.